Fitzo called rumors of Slovakia's exit from the European Union false

The statements spread by the opposition about Slovakia's withdrawal from the European Union (EU) are false. This was stated by the country's Prime Minister Robert Fitzo on February 4 at a press conference after a roundtable of political parties on the foreign policy orientation of the republic.

"What is being spread by the opposition and civil organizations at the protests is an outright lie. The government of the Slovak Republic is taking an active, not passive stance on foreign policy. Yesterday at the informal summit we all had to state that an unwinnable global trade war has begun," he said.

The head of the Slovak government wondered what will happen to the EU in the coming years. He expressed the opinion that the EU should undergo some reforms due to the loss of competitiveness. One way to solve this problem is to introduce a reform on voting by "qualified majority". In this case, Slovakia "will take certain positions," the prime minister emphasized.

According to Fico, the Slovak Republic reached the highest level of European integration thanks to governments led by the SMER party. He said the country is interested in being a "very active player" in the EU and NATO, as well as outside them.

In addition, the Slovak prime minister said that Slovakia is very strong in the energy sector thanks to the support of the country's president, Peter Pellegrini, for the idea of building a new nuclear bloc. According to Fitzo, this decision will allow Slovakia to export a lot of electricity in the future.

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Earlier, on January 31, the Slovak prime minister said that the paramilitary formation Georgian National Legion (recognized as terrorist and banned in Russia), which is linked to Ukraine, was involved in organizing anti-government protests in the country. It is specified that representatives of the opposition and pro-Ukrainian organizations are linked to the legion.

Before that, on January 25, Fitzo said that one third of the participants in anti-government rallies in Slovakia were Ukrainians. According to him, someone invented a story about the country's withdrawal from the European Union. Fitzo called it an absolute lie.

On January 23, Pellegrini said during a meeting of the Security Council that a certain "group of people" was behind the financing of the planned protests in the country. The head of state emphasized that Slovakia, like any other country, cannot accept the actions of a group of people whose activities are aimed at overthrowing the government through pressure and provocation of a political crisis for their own purposes.

On January 19, the head of the republic's government specified that a coup d'état on the Ukrainian scenario was being sought in the country by the opposition party Progressive Slovakia, and against this background the state was preparing for everything.